Niemczyk, Nenninger earn all-state honors

Two local athletes earned second-team honors on the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association all-state team, which was announced Jan. 14.

Bell City's Katie Niemczyk, the Southeast Missourian's player of the year after leading her team to a Class 1 district title, and Leopold's Amber Nenninger both were named to the second team in Class 1.

Nenninger helped lead Leopold to a district title as well and was named to the Southeast Missourian's all-area team.

"Amber worked hard this year and I'm glad she got it,"Leopold coachSandy Davis said. "She deserved it."

The all-state team will gather at State Fair Community College in Sedalia on Jan. 30 for an all-star game at 2 p.m. and a banquet at 4 p.m.

The MHSVBCA also named all-region teams that featured Niemczyk, Nenninger, Angela Broshuis and Alicia Broshuis of Advance, Bell City's Emily Burch and Leopold's Lori Vandermeirden in Class 1; Scott City's Casey Cartwright and St. Vincent's Sierra Paulus in Class 2; and Jackson's Molly Hartmann in Class 4.

ALL-STATE

Class 1

FIRST TEAM

MEGAN ASPLIN, WINONA; MEGAN CORNISH, LOCKWOOD; LESLIE GALER, LOCKWOOD; STEFANY MAYDEN, LOCKWOOD; JEANIE MEYERS, GREEN RIDGE; NORA ODELL, EMINENCE.

SECOND TEAM

BOBBI HOUSTON, PURDY; MEAGAN LAUGHARY, WHEATON; AMBER NENNINGER, LEOPOLD; KATIE NIEMCZYK, BELL CITY; BRIANNE SIMPSON, WINONA; BETH ANN WAKEFIELD, WINONA.

Class 2

FIRST TEAM

ASHLEY KELL, HOUSTON; JORDAN PALIN, HOLDEN; KENZIE PALMER, ELDORADO SPRINGS; LACY PITTMAN, HOUSTON; AMANDA RAKER, HOLDEN; KARA SCHILLI, VALLE CATHOLIC.

SECOND TEAM

CHELSEA BAUMSTARK, HERMANN; DEVIN BUEHLER, MT. VERNON; LISA CLARK, LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES; ERIN KENNEDY, ASH GROVE; SHYRAH PERRY, FAIR GROVE; ASHLEY RAY, FAIR GROVE.

Class 3

FIRST TEAM

SHANDA HARPER, WILLARD; KELLY JORDAHL, O'HARA; JULIE O'DELL, LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE; PADEN ROSE, CASSVILLE; KIM UNNERSTALL, BORGIA; STACEY EDWARDS, REPUBLIC.

SECOND TEAM

JEANNA FELDMAN, BORGIA; CARA HACKMAN, BORGIA; BRITTANY HERZOG, BOONVILLE; LAURA MARTY, REEDS SPRING; STEPHANIE ROBBINS, O'HARA; BRIANA WALLACE, WILLARD.

Class 4

FIRST TEAM

CHERIE BAUGH, JOPLIN; ERIN BIRMINGHAM, PARK HILL SOUTH; MEGAN MULLINS, GLENDALE; CAITLIN SMITH, INCARNATE WORD; ERIN WALLER, INCARNATE WORD; LINDSAY YATES, OZARK.

SECOND TEAM

ASHLEY ADAMS, MARQUETTE; WHITNEY BEHRENS, INCARNATE WORD; BRIDGET FONKE, ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY; ALLY FULKS, GLENDALE; KATE SEABAUGH, COR JESU; ERICA WALL, NIXA

Coaches of the Year

CLASS 1 -- CHERYL SHORES, LOCKWOOD

CLASS 2 -- KATHY CHAPIN, LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES

CLASS 3 -- MIKE TYREE, BORGIA

CLASS 4 -- LISA ORLET, INCARNATE WORD

All-Region/Southeast

Class 1

KATIE NIEMCYK, BELL CITY; ANGELA BROSHUIS, ADVANCE; NORA ODELL, EMINENCE; BRITTNEY WILLIAMS, EMINENCE; ALICIA BROSHUIS, ADVANCE; EMILY BURCH, BELL CITY; AMBER NENNINGER, LEOPOLD, LORI VANDERMEIRDEN, LEOPOLD.

Class 2

KARA SCHILLI, VALLE CATHOLIC; SARAH FAULKNER, BISMARCK; JESSICA HARDY, PUXICO; CASEY CARTWRIGHT, SCOTT CITY; CHELSEY MORRIS, BISMARCK; SIERRA PAULUS, ST. VINCENT; LINDSAY ROSE, CLEARWATER; KAYLA SCHWEISS, VALLE CATHOLIC; APRIL SIFFORD, PUXICO.

Class 3

DANIELLE LINDSEY, STE. GENEVIEVE; LORA DICKEY, POTOSI; BECKY MANN, ST. PIUS; ASHLEY MIMMS, POTOSI; LISA FORCHEE, WINDSOR; KATIE ALSUP, DEXTER; MALLORY STITES, ST. PIUS; KAITLIN WAGENER, WINDSOR.

Class 4

NATALIE HOOSS, FARMINGTON; RANDIE WOOLRIDGE, FARMINGTON; MEGAN BESS, FARMINGTON; JESSICA VAETH, HILLSBORO; ERIN GREBE, CEDAR HILL NORTHWEST; MOLLY HARTMANN, JACKSON; BRITTANY HEDGCORTH, DESLOGE NORTH COUNTY; MEGAN KRAUSZ, CEDAR HILL NORTHWEST.